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While you were sleeping, Joi, keeper of underground soul/rock/funk/electro/ badass-ness, has been busy hosting weekly jam sessions in downtown Atlanta while crafting her much-belated new album. On the way, she teamed up with partner Davon Lee to form Hot Heavy & Bad.”One” is the first video from their forthcoming album. It’s gritty. It’s genre-defying. It’s sensual. It’s Joi.

On why she hasn’t blown up after all of these years and accolades:

“I don’t think there’s any one reason in particular,” she answers, a soft sigh escaping her. “That’s the only thing that I know for certain. I really try to judge [my music] by its worth and the beauty of the creation. I have to, because if I had to judge it by hard numbers, then I would feel like a failure. And I don’t feel like that.”

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I first heard Andreya Triana’s voice on Flying Lotus’ “Tea Leaf Dancer”. But it wasn’t until the UK artist added her voice to Bonobo‘s Black Sands project that I really started paying attention.

Luckily for us, collaborating on songs like “Eyesdown” was only the beginning. I’m even more excited about her debut album Lost Where I Belong, slated for late summer and produced by Bonobo. Yup. I’m all about Andreya Triana right now.

After experiencing the following two videos and the (freaking! awesome!) Flying Lotus remix of her first single, you may be, too.

Andreya Triana – Lost Where I Belong

Andreya Triana – A Town Called Obsolete

Bonus: Andreya Triana – Lost Where I Belong (Flying Lotus Remix)
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